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100 Bible Verses about Works Alone

2 Timothy 1:9 ESV / 183 helpful votes

Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

Titus 3:5 ESV / 180 helpful votes

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 173 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

James 2:14 ESV / 162 helpful votes

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

Galatians 5:6 ESV / 161 helpful votes

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

James 3:13 ESV / 144 helpful votes

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

Romans 4:2 ESV / 144 helpful votes

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

1 Thessalonians 1:3 ESV / 141 helpful votes

Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 136 helpful votes

Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 132 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Romans 3:28 ESV / 132 helpful votes

For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Romans 4:3 ESV / 129 helpful votes

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”

James 2:18 ESV / 128 helpful votes

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

James 2:17 ESV / 126 helpful votes

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:14-26 ESV / 126 helpful votes

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ...

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 124 helpful votes

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

1 Corinthians 1:29 ESV / 119 helpful votes

So that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

Hebrews 6:10 ESV / 118 helpful votes

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 115 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Genesis 15:6 ESV / 111 helpful votes

And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

James 2:22 ESV / 110 helpful votes

You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;

James 2:21 ESV / 109 helpful votes

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

James 2:23 ESV / 108 helpful votes

And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 106 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

James 2:20 ESV / 104 helpful votes

Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

Ecclesiastes 4:9 ESV / 102 helpful votes

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.

James 2:26 ESV / 99 helpful votes

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

Romans 3:20 ESV / 97 helpful votes

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Psalm 90:17 ESV / 95 helpful votes

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

James 2:16 ESV / 92 helpful votes

And one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?

Proverbs 16:2 ESV / 92 helpful votes

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

James 2:25 ESV / 91 helpful votes

And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

James 2:24 ESV / 91 helpful votes

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

James 2:15 ESV / 91 helpful votes

If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,

Hebrews 4:9-10 ESV / 91 helpful votes

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

1 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 91 helpful votes

Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 91 helpful votes

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Galatians 6:4 ESV / 91 helpful votes

But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.

John 14:12 ESV / 91 helpful votes

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 91 helpful votes

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 90 helpful votes

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

Matthew 28:20 ESV / 89 helpful votes

Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 89 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 89 helpful votes

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

Titus 2:14 ESV / 87 helpful votes

Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 83 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Hebrews 11:31 ESV / 82 helpful votes

By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.

Hebrews 11:17 ESV / 82 helpful votes

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,

John 3:16-17 ESV / 82 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Isaiah 41:8 ESV / 82 helpful votes

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;

Romans 2:6 ESV / 79 helpful votes

He will render to each one according to his works:

Romans 2:13 ESV / 77 helpful votes

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 76 helpful votes

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Proverbs 12:24 ESV / 75 helpful votes

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 74 helpful votes

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 74 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 71 helpful votes

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV / 70 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Galatians 2:16 ESV / 70 helpful votes

Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Hebrews 10:2 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

James 2:19 ESV / 62 helpful votes

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

Romans 11:6 ESV / 62 helpful votes

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Luke 3:11 ESV / 60 helpful votes

And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”

Isaiah 64:6 ESV / 59 helpful votes

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

James 3:1-18 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...

Titus 3:8 ESV / 58 helpful votes

The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.

2 Chronicles 20:7 ESV / 57 helpful votes

Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?

Philippians 2:12 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 56 helpful votes

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

1 Corinthians 13:3 ESV / 56 helpful votes

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 56 helpful votes

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

1 John 3:17-18 ESV / 55 helpful votes

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 55 helpful votes

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

John 6:29 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

Genesis 22:16-18 ESV / 54 helpful votes

And said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

Genesis 22:12 ESV / 54 helpful votes

He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

James 2:10 ESV / 52 helpful votes

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

Titus 2:7 ESV / 52 helpful votes

Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,

James 2:4 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

Acts 2:38 ESV / 47 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Galatians 2:21 ESV / 46 helpful votes

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

James 1:1-27 ESV / 45 helpful votes

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ...

John 3:16 ESV / 44 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 42 helpful votes

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Proverbs 12:11 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

Colossians 3:23-24 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 40 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 37 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Romans 9:16 ESV / 37 helpful votes

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 36 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Romans 5:1 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 36 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 35 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Ephesians 3:1-21 ESV / 34 helpful votes

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. ...

Ephesians 1:1-23 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, ...

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 34 helpful votes

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ...

John 14:15 ESV / 32 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 9:5 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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